Stages of the Path to Awakening Podcast Archives - Thubten Chodron

Describing the value of the Superknowledges, particularly for Bodhisattvas, continuing the teaching from Chapter 8.

Explaining the second through six superknowledges, continuing the teaching from Chapter 8.

Providing an overview of the superknowledges and explaining the first one, super-normal powers, continuing the teaching from Chapter 8.

Liberation of cessation and absorption of cessation Suppressing coarse feelings and discriminations Eight liberations in Pali tradition Foulness of body Four formless meditative absorptions Different orders of leaping over nine serial absorptions Polluted and unpolluted Nonreturners, arhats and bodhisattvas 69 Eight Liberations and Nine Serial Absorptions (download) Contemplation points The eighth liberation is the liberation […]

Concluding the section on four types of śrāvaka āryas, and beginning the section on the eight liberations, continuing the teaching from Chapter 8.

Describing some of the different ways to overcome innate afflictions and progress on the path to liberation and full awakening, continuing teaching from Chapter 8.

Describing the progression through the mundane meditative absorptions of the form and formless realms, continuing the teaching from Chapter 8.

Introducing the seven preparations and the seven mental contemplations of cultivating mundane insight, where one is aiming to attain a form or formless realm of concentration, beginning teaching from Chapter 8.

Explaining the diagram illustrating the process of attaining serenity, completing the teaching from Chapter 7.

Describing the nine stages of sustained attention as taught in Maitreya’s Ornament of Mahayana Sutras, continuing the teaching from Chapter 7.

Explaining the last three of the five faults and eight antidotes as taught in Maitreya’s Differentiation of the Middle and the Extremes. Beginning the nine stages of sustained attention, teaching from Chapter 7.

Explaining the third of the five faults and eight antidotes as taught in Maitreya’s Differentiation of the Middle and the Extremes, Restlessness and Laxity, and practical ways to antidote these two faults, continuing the teaching from Chapter 7.

Explaining the first two of the five faults and eight antidotes as taught in Maitreya’s Differentiation of the Middle and the Extremes, continuing the teaching from Chapter 7.

Explaining how one can meditate on the breath using Vasubandhu’s six steps for developing serenity, and how to overcome the hindrances, continuing the teaching from Chapter 7.

Explaining how one can meditate on the foulness of the body or on the skeleton to counteract desire while developing serenity, continuing teaching from Chapter 7.

Describing many efffective antidotes for taming the five hindrances, continuing the teaching from Chapter 7.

Describing the differences between restlessness and regret, and also explaining the hindrance of deluded doubt, continuing the teaching from Chapter 7.

Explaining the hindrances of malice, lethargy, and sleepiness, from Chapter 7.

Explaining how to work with the restless body, concluding Chapter 6 and describing the five hindrances and antidotes, covering sensual desire, from Chapter 7.

Explaining the benefits of meditating on the Buddha and a variety of meditation objects for cultivating serenity outlined by His Holiness, continuing teachings from Chapter 6.